/tags/debtors-prison debtors prison en-US Copyright Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT /news/2023-07-06/a-texas-program-pushes-drivers-to-pay-old-tickets-and-over-600-000-have-lost-their-licenses Critics say the ‘Omnibase’ program — designed to spur people to pay off old tickets — often leaves poor Texans trapped in a cycle of debt. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT /news/2023-07-06/a-texas-program-pushes-drivers-to-pay-old-tickets-and-over-600-000-have-lost-their-licenses Christopher Connelly /2019-08-21/pay-up-or-go-to-jail-the-criminalization-of-poverty If someone winds up in jail because an unpaid traffic ticket leads to a suspended license and then an arrest warrant, does that mean being poor is, in one… Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:06:00 GMT /2019-08-21/pay-up-or-go-to-jail-the-criminalization-of-poverty Courtney Collins